Interactive map: a county-by-county look at spending on public defense in Pennsylvania

Part VI of the Keystone Crossroads series: No Justice for All -- Pennsylvania's Unequal Access to Adequate Public Defense

Four public media newsrooms collaborate on this project to create in-depth and insightful journalism on key topics that reverberate from the Statehouse to the streets and back again: government accountability, public education, changing communities, and criminal justice.

(Undated) — How much does your county spend on public defense? In Pennsylvania’s scattershot system, funding varies widely depending on where you live.

In the interactive map above, you can toggle between how much county public defender offices had to spend per adult criminal case, or by their budget per capita. Both use 2015 data.

On the low end of both metrics, you’ll find Fayette County, the place whereCrystal Weimer was wrongfully convicted for a murder she didn’t commit, and then jailed for nearly 12 years.